Francisco Cerundolo gets by Matej Dodig 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Umag on Wednesday. Cerundolo will face Lorenzo Sonego in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes.
Francisco added to his prize money € 7,345 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,510 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francisco will add € 12,710 to his earnings to get in total € 30,220 in total.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Matej Dodig Plava Laguna Croatia Open – Umag
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Francisco scored 70 points vs. Dodig’s 49.
Cerundolo
Cerundolo served pretty well to win 90% of the points (28/31) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (12/18) on his second serve. The Argentine won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 20% (2/10) of the procured opportunities.
Dodig
On the other side, the Croatian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Cerundolo and Dodig is 1-0 for Francisco.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats
Cerundolo will play Sonego in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Lorenzo Sonego face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Cerundolo and Sonego (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Cerundolo had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Matej Dodig in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Francisco to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
Cerundolo converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Francisco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 60 points. Francisco conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Croatian (36-24). Francisco was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). on the other side of the net, Dodig conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Cerundolo snatched in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Cerundolo lost a big opportunity to break Dodig in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Argentine converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Francisco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. The Argentine conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Croatian (34-25). Cerundolo dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). On the losing side, Matej conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Tennis Scores in Umag
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Matej DodigDodig (6-3 6-4)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-4 6-3)
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-0)
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (7-65 7-63)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-5 6-1)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-3)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-2 7-67)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-4 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H details and stats